The Nine Hells
The Nine Hells of Baator, sometimes Hell or Hells, also known as Baator in Infernal, is the home of the devils. It is a plane of sinister evil and institutional cruelty organized in a strict caste system with a very rigid chain of command. Unlike the demons of the Abyss, the devils are highly organized in their quest for power and status—scheming and plotting power plays, coups, and assassinations. Each of the nine Hells has its own physical laws or properties of matter, but all are inhospitable or deadly to outsiders. This plane has always been a bastion and incubator for those of the lawful evil persuasion.
During the events of the Rift Wars, as both the devils and demons were being forced back out of the Material Plane, Asmodeus used his new-found divine might to try and prevent a prophecied war still to come between the two groups. He forced the Abyss as far from the Hells as he could, and in doing so, they were each flung to opposite ends of the cosmos, with the Hells landing at the outer reaches of the Astral Sea.
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